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AND FABRICATE BOTH A PROTOTYPE SUCTION SERVICE AND INFUSION DEVICE THAT WILL UTILIZED A MECHANICAL ROLLER PUMP POWERED WITH ALTERNATIVE MECHANISMS.

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 94
Amount: $47,073.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1983
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
P.o. Box 12696
Research Trianpk, NC 27709
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
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Business Contact
 David P. Cplvin
Phone: (919) 467-2878
Research Institution
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Abstract

AND FABRICATE BOTH A PROTOTYPE SUCTION SERVICE AND INFUSION DEVICE THAT WILL UTILIZED A MECHANICAL ROLLER PUMP POWERED WITH ALTERNATIVE MECHANISMS. THE LIGHWEIGHT AND PORTABLE SUCTION DEVICE WILL BE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE CONTROLLED SUCTION OVER A WIDE RANGE OF VACUUM (10 TO 100 CM WATER) FOR VARIOUS TUBE AND OPERATIVE SITE USAGE. POWER FOR THE DEVICE WILL BE NON-ELECTRICAL AND MAY BE PRODUCED BY A SPRING-WOUND MECHANISM WITH A CONSTANT FORCE OUTPUT AND AN INTEGRAL SPEED CONTROL. THE INTRAVENOUS INFUSION DEVICE WILL BE GRAVITY-INDEPENDENT AND EXPECTED TO DELIVER MEASURED AMOUNTS OF FLUIDS AT A PRESSURE OF 50 TO 100 CM WATER AND A RELIABLE RATE OF 125 ML\HR WITHOUT TECHNICAL SUPERVISION FOR USE DURING MASS CASULATY AND TRANSPORT OF WOUNDED. BOTH A SPRING-WOUND MECHANISM AS DESCRIBED ABOVE AND A DO-POWERED SERVD STEPPING MOTOR WITH DIGITAL SPEED CONTROL WILL INVESTIGATED TOGETHER WITH OTHER POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR DRIVING THE ROTARY PERISTALTIC INFUSION PUMP. A PRESSURE SENSOR ALARM WILL DISCONTINUE THE FLOW IF SYSTEM PRESSURE RISES ABOVE 150 CM OF WATER TO AVOID DANGEROUS INTERCELLULAR INFILTRATION IF THE INFUSING NEEDLE LEAVES THE VEIN.

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